fandomhigh | Flight and Flying, Thursday 6/12, Period 5

"Insurmountable odds," Murdock spoke seriously as he paced around the Danger Shop. "That's what we'll be covering today. According to some records, depending upon which Earth history you go by, there was a large-scale invasion by an alien race. Their goal was to strip the planet of all resources. After they slaughtered all the inhabitants, of course."

"The only thing available to fight back with was much less superior technologically to the invading race's craft. In this instance, F/A-18 Hornets went up against a mess of alien attack vessels. The Earth fighters had to rely on skill more than their firepower as the alien ships were equipped with high-energy weapons and shields which the Earth weapons could not penetrate."

"However, it was discovered that the alien crafts could be compromised using a computer program. Something called a virus," he shrugged. "Don't know much about them myself, but apparently it did the trick, making the alien craft vulnerable to the fighters' weapons."

"Except for the larger scale invasion craft. Torpedoes had little effect against the thick hull of the destroyers. The only weak spot was the vessel's main weapon, which was only accessible as the craft made ready to fire. One shot," he held up a finger, "was all that was needed to take them out. The trick was surviving long enough for that to happen."

"For today, we're going to re-live that scenario. You'll have to rely on your own skills and those of your squadron mates to take out as many fighters as possible until the larger vessel is destroyed. Good luck!"

(~~wait for it...~~ OCD tis up!)

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"You familiar with giant killer space-thingys, Reno?" There was a note of mirth in Murdock's voice, but also a bit of seriousness. As if he wouldn't be surprised to hear that Reno had dealt with them before.

"Several varieties," Reno mused, and that wasn't a scowl in his own voice. Really. "Nothin' that came equipped with a ship, but some real nasty crap anyhow, yo."

Figures. Perhaps he should stop asking about stuff he really didn't like finding out. But he was slowly getting used to it. Still not liking it, mind you, just less surprised to hear it. Didn't make it any better though.

"I hear ya, dude. Well. Not really. Never encountered killer space ships myself. Had a few run-ins with other stuff though." Anti-aircraft rounds sprang to mind.

"Eh, for all the times the world should've ended, it's gettin' tough to surprise me anymore," Reno mused. "Should'a seen the size of the freakin' rock that almost killed everyone on my planet, that last time."

Reno: Not a fan of space rocks.

That explained a bit about last week's class. "After a while, you become desensitized to it," he agreed. "Either that or go mad. Tune it out, pretend like it didn't happen, that sort of thing. 'Bout all you can do sometimes." He may have been rambling just a bit.

"Tune it out, yeah."

... Yeah. Reno knew all about that one, too.

"Sometimes the denial's worse than havin' it right up there in your face, yo. Sometimes, pretendin' like it didn't happen's what's gonna kill you from the inside out anyhow."

Ouch. Murdock blinked at that. Was he denying it? Or just avoiding it? Was it intentional or not? "Uh, yah. Denial can be bad too." He said it almost reluctantly.

Inside out. Maybe he was doing that too and not realizing it? Or maybe he did and some part just didn't care. "That's uh...some good points. You got there. Sure."

"Can't take it back, either way," Reno mumbled, looking over the Hornet's controls again and lapsing into silence for a moment before looking up again. Right. In class. Not the time. "We got fake alien spaceships to blow up, don't we?"

Reality check. Thanks. Murdock shook his head a little to clear out the cobwebs. "Right. We sure do. Better get to it. Good luck, dude!" he gave a thumbs-up and a grin.

"Right back at you," Reno replied, returning the thumbs-up with a smirk of his own.

Reality sucked. That's why he was going to drown it out in blowing up fake things.

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